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DEATH TO AMERICA The History Behind the Chant Part V - Death to America
In Part V of DEATH TO AMERICA: The History Behind the Chant, we finally confront the phrase at the center of the series.
What does “Death to America” actually mean? And does understanding Iranian hostility require excusing the Iranian regime?
No.
This episode follows the relationship from the strange cooperation that emerged after September 11 through the “Axis of Evil,” the invasion of Iraq, the enormous expansion of Iranian power that followed, Iran’s proxy network, its nuclear program, the JCPOA, maximum pressure and the killing of Qasem Soleimani.
Iran armed groups that killed Americans…
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